1Now there cried a certain woman of the wives of the
sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is
dead; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear Jehovah: and the
creditor is come to take unto him my two children to be bondmen.
2And Elisha said unto her, What shall I do for thee?
tell me; what hast thou in the house? And she said, Thy handmaid
hath not anything in the house, save a pot of oil. 3Then
he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbors, even
empty vessels; borrow not a few. 4And thou shalt go in,
and shut the door upon thee and upon thy sons, and pour out into all
those vessels; and thou shalt set aside that which is full. 5So she went from him, and shut the door upon her and upon her sons;
they brought the vessels to her, and she poured out. 6And it came to pass, when the vessels were full, that she said unto
her son, Bring me yet a vessel. And he said unto her, There is not a
vessel more. And the oil stayed. 7Then she came and told
the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and
live thou and thy sons of the rest.

8And it fell on a
day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she
constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he
passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. 9And she
said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is a holy
man of God, that passeth by us continually. 10Let us
make, I pray thee, a little chamber on the wall; and let us set for
him there a bed, and a table, and a seat, and a candlestick: and it
shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
11And it fell on a day, that he came thither, and he turned
into the chamber and lay there. 12And he said to Gehazi
his servant, Call this Shunammite. And when he had called her, she
stood before him. 13And he said unto him, Say now unto
her, Behold, thou hast been careful for us with all this care; what
is to be done for thee? wouldest thou be spoken for to the king, or
to the captain of the host? And she answered, I dwell among mine own
people. 14And he said, What then is to be done for her?
And Gehazi answered, Verily she hath no son, and her husband is old.
15And he said, Call her. And when he had called her, she
stood in the door. 16And he said, At this season, when
the time cometh round, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay,
my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thy handmaid.

17And the woman conceived, and bare a son at that season, when the
time came round, as Elisha had said unto her. 18And when
the child was grown, it fell on a day, that he went out to his
father to the reapers. 19And he said unto his father, My
head, my head. And he said to his servant, Carry him to his mother.
20And when he had taken him, and brought him to his
mother, he sat on her knees till noon, and then died. 21And she went up and laid him on the bed of the man of God, and shut
the door upon him, and went out. 22And she called unto
her husband, and said, Send me, I pray thee, one of the servants,
and one of the asses, that I may run to the man of God, and come
again. 23And he said, Wherefore wilt thou go to him
to-day? it is neither new moon nor sabbath. And she said, It shall
be well. 24Then she saddled an ass, and said to her
servant, Drive, and go forward; slacken me not the riding, except I
bid thee. 25So she went, and came unto the man of God to
mount Carmel.

And it came to pass, when the man of God saw her afar
off, that he said to Gehazi his servant, Behold, yonder is the
Shunammite: 26run, I pray thee, now to meet her, and say
unto her, Is it well with thee? is it well with thy husband? is it
well with the child? And she answered, It is well. 27And
when she came to the man of God to the hill, she caught hold of his
feet. And Gehazi came near to thrust her away; but the man of God
said, Let her alone: for her soul is vexed within her; and Jehovah
hath hid it from me, and hath not told me. 28Then she
said, Did I desire a son of my lord? did I not say, Do not deceive
me? 29Then he said to Gehazi, Gird up thy loins, and
take my staff in thy hand, and go thy way: if thou meet any man,
salute him not; and if any salute thee, answer him not again: and
lay my staff upon the face of the child. 30And the
mother of the child said, As Jehovah liveth, and as thy soul liveth,
I will not leave thee. And he arose, and followed her. 31And Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff upon the face
of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Wherefore he
returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child is not awaked.

32And when Elisha was come into the house, behold, the
child was dead, and laid upon his bed. 33He went in
therefore, and shut the door upon them twain, and prayed unto
Jehovah. 34And he went up, and lay upon the child, and
put his mouth upon his mouth, and his eyes upon his eyes, and his
hands upon his hands: and he stretched himself upon him; and the
flesh of the child waxed warm. 35Then he returned, and
walked in the house once to and fro; and went up, and stretched
himself upon him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child
opened his eyes. 36And he called Gehazi, and said, Call
this Shunammite. So he called her. And when she was come in unto
him, he said, Take up thy son. 37Then she went in, and
fell at his feet, and bowed herself to the ground; and she took up
her son, and went out.

38And Elisha came again to
Gilgal. And there was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the
prophets were sitting before him; and he said unto his servant, Set
on the great pot, and boil pottage for the sons of the prophets.
39And one went out into the field to gather herbs, and
found a wild vine, and gathered thereof wild gourds his lap full,
and came and shred them into the pot of pottage; for they knew them
not. 40So they poured out for the men to eat. And it
came to pass, as they were eating of the pottage, that they cried
out, and said, O man of God, there is death in the pot. And they
could not eat thereof. 41But he said, Then bring meal.
And he cast it into the pot; and he said, Pour out for the people,
that they may eat. And there was no harm in the pot. 42And there came a man from Baal-shalishah, and brought the man of God
bread of the first-fruits, twenty loaves of barley, and fresh ears
of grain in his sack. And he said, Give unto the people, that they
may eat. 43And his servant said, What, should I set this
before a hundred men? But he said, Give the people, that they may
eat; for thus saith Jehovah, They shall eat, and shall leave
thereof. 44So he set it before them, and they did eat,
and left thereof, according to the word of Jehovah.

5 2 Kings 5

1Now Naaman, captain of the host of the king of
Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by
him Jehovah had given victory unto Syria: he was also a mighty man
of valor, but he was a leper. 2And the Syrians had gone
out in bands, and had brought away captive out of the land of Israel
a little maiden; and she waited on Naaman's wife. 3And
she said unto her mistress, Would that my lord were with the prophet
that is in Samaria! then would he recover him of his leprosy. 4And one went in, and told his lord, saying, Thus and thus said the
maiden that is of the land of Israel. 5And the king of
Syria said, Go now, and I will send a letter unto the king of
Israel. And he departed, and took with him ten talents of silver,
and six thousand pieces of gold, and ten changes of raiment. 6And he brought the letter to the king of Israel, saying, And now
when this letter is come unto thee, behold, I have sent Naaman my
servant to thee, that thou mayest recover him of his leprosy. 7And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter,
that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make
alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his
leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel
against me.

8And it was so, when Elisha the man of God
heard that the king of Israel had rent his clothes, that he sent to
the king, saying, Wherefore hast thou rent thy clothes? let him come
now to me, and he shall know that there is a prophet in Israel.
9So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariots, and
stood at the door of the house of Elisha. 10And Elisha
sent a messenger unto him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven
times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be
clean. 11But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said,
Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and
call on the name of Jehovah his God, and wave his hand over the
place, and recover the leper. 12Are not Abanah and
Pharpar, the rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of
Israel? may I not wash in them, and be clean? So he turned and went
away in a rage. 13And his servants came near, and spake
unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some
great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then,
when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean? 14Then went
he down, and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to
the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came again like unto the
flesh of a little child, and he was clean.

15And he
returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and
stood before him; and he said, Behold now, I know that there is no
God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, I pray thee,
take a present of thy servant. 16But he said, As Jehovah
liveth, before whom I stand, I will receive none. And he urged him
to take it; but he refused. 17And Naaman said, If not,
yet, I pray thee, let there be given to thy servant two mules'
burden of earth; for thy servant will henceforth offer neither
burnt-offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto Jehovah.
18In this thing Jehovah pardon thy servant: when my master
goeth into the house of Rimmon to worship there, and he leaneth on
my hand, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself
in the house of Rimmon, Jehovah pardon thy servant in this thing.
19And he said unto him, Go in peace. So he departed from
him a little way.

20But Gehazi the servant of Elisha the
man of God, said, Behold, my master hath spared this Naaman the
Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought: as
Jehovah liveth, I will run after him, and take somewhat of him.
21So Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw one
running after him, he alighted from the chariot to meet him, and
said, Is all well? 22And he said, All is well. My master
hath sent me, saying, Behold, even now there are come to me from the
hill-country of Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets;
give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of
raiment. 23And Naaman said, Be pleased to take two
talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two
bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his
servants; and they bare them before him. 24And when he
came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and bestowed them in
the house; and he let the men go, and they departed. 25But he went in, and stood before his master. And Elisha said unto
him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no
whither. 26And he said unto him, Went not my heart with
thee, when the man turned from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a
time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards and
vineyards, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants?
27The leprosy therefore of Naaman shall cleave unto
thee, and unto thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence
a leper as white as snow.

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